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My cat Sassy is 17-18 tears old and is on norvasc for high…

My cat Sassy is...

My cat Sassy is 17-18 tears old and is on norvasc for high blood pressure.x-ray shows severe arthritis of vertebre-she was out on prednisolone liquid and appetite stimulet. she has been off pred for about a week - we are waiting for a herb type med to arrive-but we can see that she needs something now. I have a cbd med I had ordered also but vets wont approve of it as theyare not familiar with cbd oil and cbd has not been fda approved can cbd be usred alongside of norvasc?

Veterinarian's Assistant: OK. I'll do all I can to help. Is there anything else the Veterinarian should be aware of about Sassy?

She seems not to be eating as well today and yesterday and she is waling not a as well as she has been when on pred.

We don't have any studies concerning an adverse drug reaction between amlodipine (Norvasc) and CBD oil but it's reasonable to assume that because both reduce blood pressure, it would be prudent to reduce the dose of amlodipine if CBD oil were onboard. As you mentioned, this would be off-label use and used at your discretion. Current recommendation on dosing of CBD in cats is 0.01 to 0.05 mg/lb twice daily. For pain management, cats appear to do well at 0.0125 mg/lb twice daily. Please respond with further questions or concerns if you wish.

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